The operator of the vehicle, identified as Robert T. Mclean Jr., age 54, of Waterbury, CT, was interview by troopers. During the interview, Mclean displayed a fraudulent Mount Vernon Housing Police shield and forged police identification card.

Mclean was arrested and charged with possession of a forged instrument (class D felony) and criminal impersonation second-degree.

Mclean was arraigned in the Town of Patterson and remanded to Putnam County Jail in lieu of $1,000 cash bail, or $3,000 bond.